10:21 AM,
Oct. 30, 2013

Strips of bark from an ash tree reveal the tunneling left behind by emerald ash borer larvae. Above right, silver carp leap from the Wabash River. Right, garlic mustard was brought to the United States in the 1800s to be cultivated for food and medicinal use.

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What would the Wabash River look like if scientists quickly had prevented the disastrous impacts of invasive Asian carp elsewhere before the carp took over the waters?

How many of the tens of millions of ash trees across the United States would have been saved had scientists quickly contained the infesting Asian beetle emerald ash borer when it was first discovered?

A vision about preventing the spread of invasive species - including plants, weeds, insects, fish and mammals - in Indiana was shared Tuesday at Purdue University. Experts at the Indiana Invasive Species Early Detection and ...